FINAL KEY WEST & MIAMI ITINERARY 4/23/2003
FRIDAY, Depart New York on one of several T-D American flights from JFK or LGA to
APRIL 25TH Miami and continue on to Key West via American Eagle
Arrive in Key West with your group and be transferred via T-D 8-passenger van or
Taxi to the Sea Shell Motel-Youth Hostel, 718 South Street, Key West, Fla. 33040
1-305-296-5719
3-minute walk to beach and Casa Marina
Most parents will be residing in the Wyndham Casa Marina Resort, built by the
heirs of railroad tycoon Henry Flagler, 1500 Reynolds Street, Key West
1-305-296-3535 Fax: 1-305-296-4633
Other families will be at the following:
Southernmost on the Beach - 8 minute walk to Sea Shell
508 South Street
1-305-296-6577 Fax: 1-305-294-8272
or
Casablanca – a tropical hotel downtown
900 Duval Street
1-305-296-0815 Fax: 1-305-294-0726
Afternoon free time allows everyone to get acclimated to the warm sunshine
OPENING RECEPTION – Time TBA 8:00 PM Guesstimate
San Carlos Institute – A welcome from the City of Key West
516 Duval Street
Unlocking Key West – Clara de Soto
James, Weekly, Mayor of Key West
Anna Lisa Mannix, Key West City Planner
Rafael Penalver, President, Board of Trustees, San Carlos Institute
Key Musical Tribute – John & George Brokaw
SATURDAY, 8:30 am – Meet at La Concha Hotel, 430 Duval Street
APRIL 26TH Take elevator to top floor for breakfast – Bring your camera
Featured Speaker: The Honorable Sir Peter Anderson, Secretary
General of the Conch Republic, A Fifth World Country
Introduction by James Dybisz
9:00 am – Walk into Key West with group
9:45 am – Assemble at Front & Duval Streets for private chartered one-hour Conch
Train – T-D OWNS IT!
11:00 am – Lunch at El Meson de Pepe, Cuban cuisine at its best
410 Wall Street @ Mallory Square
12:00 Noon – Key West Aquarium, 1 Whitehead Street @ Mallory Square
A long hallway of eye-level displays showcasing dozens of varieties of fish - kids can
touch sea cucumbers
Watch the feeding frenzy of the sharks, tarpon, barracuda, & stingrays
1:00 pm – Shipwreck Historium, 1 Whitehead Street & Mallory Square
Dramatic reenactment of old shipwrecking days
2:00 pm – Harry S. Truman – Little White House, 111 Front Street
Florida’s only Presidential Museum, built in 1890 as a naval station
Exhibits document Truman’s time in the Keys
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – One hour on own with chaperones to explore Duval Street
4:00 pm – Annual Conch Republic Red Ribbon Bed Race – oldest and most famous
event of Conch Republic - Beds race down from La Concha on Duval to Hogs
Breath Saloon – Will T-D be in the Bed Race?
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm – One hour on own with chaperones to explore
5:45 pm – Meet at 251 Margaret Street at Key West’s historic seaport for cham-
pagne and Coke Sunset Cruise – spend two hours on the Discovery, a glass bottom
boat
Check out the underwater viewing room
8:00 pm – Return to Key West Harbor for dinner experience at El Meson de Pepe
(1-305-295-2620) 410 Wall Street @ Mallory Square
11:00 pm – Rendezvous at the San Carlos Institute, 516 Duval Street for return
walk to hostel
SUNDAY, 8:00 am – Breakfast in and around Sea Shell Motel
APRIL 27TH Walk to San Carlos Institute
10:00 am – Begin your tour of the Hemingway House, 907 Whitehead Street
between Truman & Olivia, 1-305-294-1575, a handsome Spanish colonial house
built in 1915, owned by Ernest Hemingway from 1931-1961. Cats are everywhere.
See where Hemingway wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, The
Snows of Kilimanjaro
Lunch in Key West on Duval
1:00 pm – Meet at the San Carlos Institute for lecture by Tom Corcoran, Author &
Publisher
Introduction by Ashley Herzog
His topic: The Writers and the Writing of Key West
3:00 pm – Key West Cemetery Tour, Margaret & Angela Streets, 1-305-294-WALK
- a funky picturesque cemetery
5:00 pm – Trails of Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet – Parrotheads of all ages
90-minute walking tour - Wear your Hawaiian shirt or parrot hat
Tour departs at Captain Harry’s Saloon, 428 Green Street, 1-305-292-2040
Tour ends at Margaritaville
7:15 pm – Dinner in and around Duval
9:15 pm – Gather at 130 Schooner, 1-305-292-1766, for a Stargazer Cruise
T-D owns the Western Union, the flagship of the City of Key West, the last tall ship
built in Key West
9:30 pm – Begin your celestial tour with your guide Joe Universe
Navigate by stars. Explore the stars by following laser beam through the heavens.
Unlimited cokes on board
11:00 pm – Meet at the San Carlos Institute, 516 Duval Street, for group walk back
to Youth Hostel
MONDAY, 6:45 am – Walk from Youth Hostel to the foot of Margaret Street @ the Seaport
APRIL 28TH for the Dry Tortugas Ferry, located 70 miles from Key West
It has twin bow observation pulpits
Complimentary breakfast
Enjoy a 45-minute tour of Fort Jefferson
Enjoy a complimentary picnic lunch at Fort Jefferson, which was discovered
By Ponce de Leon
Receive free snorkel gear
Enjoy sunbathing or nature walk
See lots of coral, French angelfish, loggerhead turtles, and dozens of rare birds
Return back to Seaport at 5:30 pm
Grab a bite to eat, change your outfit, and meet at 319 Duval Street in rear of Red
Barn Theatre - T-D OWNS IT!
Receive your ticket to “Proof”, a Broadway play on Duval
It won a 2001 Tony & Pulitzer Prize for Best Play
A detective story about the authorship of an important mathematical proof.
Immediately after the curtain falls enjoy an interactive session with the director,
actors, and actresses
11:00 pm – Meet in front of the San Carlos Institute, 516 Duval Street
Walk to the International Youth Hostel
TUESDAY, 8:00 am – Breakfast in and around Sea Shell Hotel
APRIL 29TH A day on your own with chaperones
Some options:
a) a full day at the beach
b) a full day with T-D families & parents
c) a half day of kayaking ($40.00 per person)
d) a half day tour of Gardens & Homes ($35.00 per person)
e) a half day of Haunted Fort Zachary Taylor ($20.00 per person)
Lunch where and when you like
5:00 pm – Assemble at the Audubon House and Tropical Gardens, 205 Whitehouse Street, Key West 1-305-294-2116 T-D OWNS IT!
A personal guided tour exclusively for the School family
Dinner in the lush outdoor garden
Enjoy your “Cheeseburger in Paradise” like Jimmy Buffet
See hundreds and hundreds of different “Sammy” birds with the beat of steel drums in the background
Meet the Steel Your Heart Band with performers from 7 – 12 years of age. Sit back and see them dance, sing, and play percussion. They have performed on “Good Morning America”, the Disney Channel, and Busch Gardens.
It will be a one-hour reception unlike any other you’ll ever experience!
7:30 pm – Walk up to 430 Duval to the Concha Hotel for a lantern-led evening.
Stroll down historic Old Town’s shadowy lanes to discover the ghosts, ghouls, and
haunted island paradise.
11:00 pm – Meet at the San Carlos Institute, 516 Duval Street, and walk back to the
hostel
Pack for an early morning departure
WEDNESDAY, 6:30 am – Breakfast in and around hostel – Put your luggage on the bus
APRIL 30TH 7:15 am – Depart via motor coach for Marathon Key
9:00 am – Meet Melissa Nelson, a 1993 T-D graduate who has been swimming with
dolphins for about a decade
9:15 am – Jump on board a charter board to snorkel in the sun. T-D OWNS THE
CRAFT!
Limit is 40 people. Both Rusty and Melissa will dive with us.
or
See the Florida Keys for three hours as they once were at Crane Point
1-305-743-9100
Explore the natural trails
Visit the Museum & Nature Center
Experience the Adderley Town Historic Site
Observe the flight habitat at the Wild Life Rescue Center
or
Play nine holes of golf at the Key Colony Beach Golf Course 1-305-289-1533
Nine holes or a second time around
Lunch in Marathon
1:30 pm – A special T-D exclusive arranged by Melissa Nelson ’93
Spend an afternoon with the DRC dolphins
Visit the dolphin lab
Splash with the dolphins
Have your family meet the dolphin family
Learn more about the behavioral research project conducted in conjunction with
scientists around the world
5:30 pm – Depart Grassy Key for Miami leaving new marine mammal friends
behind
Dinner en route
9:00 pm – Check into the Holiday Inn International Airport North, 1111 South
Royal Poinciana Blvd, 1-305-885-1941 for the first of four nights. Rooftop dining
and pool available.
THURSDAY, 8:00 am – Breakfast at hotel or downtown Miami
MAY 1ST Bring your bathing suit with you to breakfast
8:45 am – Board motor coach for Vizcaya Museum & Gradens
See the majestic 1916 Italian Renaissance-style villa, the winter residence of John
Deering
10 acres of formal gardens
Take the guided tour
Lunch at Vizcaya
12:30 pm – Depart Vizcaya for South Beach, the coolest red-hot destination for
visitors from all over the world
4:30 pm – Return to Holiday Inn to change and then back to Miami for dinner
7:30 pm – Personal escorted exclusive walking tour of Miami’s famed architecture
- the art deco capital of the world
9:30 pm – Return to Holiday Inn for overnight
FRIDAY, 8:00 am – Breakfast & bring your bathing suit
MAY 2ND 8:45 AM – Board bus for the University of Miami, home of the Hurricanes
Receive a personal tour of the School of Architecture
Interact with college students from the university
Meet New Rochelle resident and Miami sophomore Nick “Menudo” De Meo
Continue on with a complete tour of the campus
1:00 pm – Lunch in “Little Havana”, a melting pot for many Hispanics
Take a walking tour after lunch to savor the sights, sounds, and smells of Calle
Ocho
Restaurant recommendations: Casa Juancho and Versailles
4:30 pm – Board motor coach for the Venitian Pool T-D OWNS IT!
A most beautiful and unusual swimming pool built in 1924 on the National Regis-
ter of Historic Places
It’s built in coral, is three stories high with porticos, fountains, and a lagoon
At 7:00 pm, for the non-natatorium folk, a walking gallery tour of Coral Gables art
is available. The T-D family can visit up to 20 galleries, sip a little wine(adults) or
soda(students) and analyze various works of art
10:00 pm – Return to Holiday Inn for overnight
SATURDAY, 8:00 am – Breakfast at hotel or in Miami proper
MAY 3RD 8:45 am – Board motor coach for a full-day tour of Florida’s famous Everglades
Meet up with Peter Uttal ’73 who will serve as tour guide
See the most unique region of the earth, remote and never really known
Analyze plant and animal life like none other you’ve seen or may see again
4:00 pm – Return to Miami
Dinner en route
7:00 pm – Arrive at Coral Castle, the strangest attraction in Florida
It looks prehistoric and is roofless. Enjoy a personal one-hour tour
8:30 pm – Return to Holiday Inn for overnight and early morning departure
to be happy in Havana
